Dreams of a Moonlight Garden

Thursday, February 16, 2012

As you plan your garden for this year, you might consider white.

When we first moved into our house one of my flower beds was deemed the "Moonlight Garden" and I had hopes and dreams of white flowers glowing at dusk and illuminated by the moon. Well, 15 years later, I still have the dream. :) The soil was poor, my attention to the bed has had a wee bit of competition, but I still plant white flowers in pots and enjoy those at dusk.

I took the photos in the two mosaics at dusk one night last summer. They are straight out of the camera with no editing, I think you can tell how they just pop at dusk and if you have bright moonlight, by the moon.

I have also found that light purple plants are gorgeous at dusk. I remember the bloom of the milkweed plant and Husker Red Penstemon being amazing as the sun went down.

This web page gives you a list of good plants to use in your moonlight garden

I had an all white garden for a long time then when we repainted the house I planted more bold colors. I've now started slowly changing back. The problem for me is that there are such great plants that don't come in white. One of these days I will have a backyard and not just trees and woods. The cobblers children have no shoes kinda thing.